Centurion Johnson MHA, LPC, LCPC

Taking the first step toward therapy is an act of courage, especially in communities where emotional survival has often taken precedence over emotional healing. I want to acknowledge and affirm that choice.

I am an African-American clinician whose work is deeply rooted in serving Black and Brown communities, as well as individuals who live in close proximity to or are shaped by these cultural realities. I approach therapy with the understanding that our psychological wounds are not created in a vacuum. Historical trauma, systemic oppression, cultural expectations, masculinity norms, faith traditions, and survival strategies all shape how distress shows up in our lives. These factors make our experiences meaningfully different from those of the general population—and they deserve to be understood as such.

My clinical focus includes working with men, men’s mental health concerns, families, couples, and relational systems. My academic research is centered on trauma, particularly how unresolved trauma manifests in behavior, identity, relationships, and self-worth. Clinically, my approach is eclectic and integrative, drawing from multiple evidence-based frameworks to meet each client where they are. I often describe myself as working from a forensic or analytical lens—examining patterns, root causes, and lived experiences to help clients make sense of how their past continues to influence their present.

One of the core beliefs guiding my work is this: you are not broken, sick, or “crazy.” Too often, individuals from Black and Brown communities are pathologized for adaptive responses to chronic stress, racism, and unacknowledged trauma. Many of us were never taught how to care for our mental and emotional health—we were taught how to endure. Therapy, then, is not about labeling you as ill, but about helping you unlearn survival-only modes and develop tools for wholeness.

I see myself as a bridge. For many, the choice has historically felt like either seeking guidance from faith leaders or entering clinical spaces that feel culturally disconnected. I aim to occupy the space in between—honoring spirituality, cultural wisdom, and lived experience, while also offering psychological insight, structure, and clinical care. I help clients understand why certain traumas occurred, why the world may respond to them with misunderstanding, and why feelings of invisibility or lack of value can take root over time.

My role is to walk alongside you as you make meaning of your experiences, reclaim your narrative, and move toward a more integrated and complete sense of self. Therapy is not about becoming someone else—it is about returning to who you were before survival demanded that you fragment yourself.